Nut-holding device.



PATENTED SEPT. 24, 1907.

' G. F. LANCASTEE NUT HOLDING DEVIGE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 30, 1907.

lvwen he UNITED STATES C HA RLES P. OFFIQEZ LANCASTER, OF PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN.

NUT-HOLDING DEVICE.

Application filed April 30,

Specification of Letters Patent.

of Emmet and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nut -liolding Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object an improved device for holding an embedded or buried nut in position to always properly receive the bolt, and the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts which I shall hereinafter fully describe and then point out the novel features in the appended claims. I

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following des ription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a sectional view illustrating the application of my improved nut holding device; Fig. 2 is a similar view, the section being taken on the line w-:r of Fig. 1', Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a nut holder detached; Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a. modification; Fig. 5 is an end view of a modified form illustrated in Fig. 4; and, Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view oi another modification.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters. I

My improved nut holding device comprises a sleeve or barrel land a box or nut retaining portion 2. These are preferably formed as integral parts, of a singlc st rip of sheet metalwhich is bent, in the manufacture, at an intermediate point, as at the middle to form the box 2, the ends being extended parallel with each other and being each formed with a longitudinal ridge 3, said two ridges together forming the bore of the sleeve. The metal on both sides of said ridges const itutc wings t that are adapted to abut against cach other. in the preferred manner of attaching the nut to the device of my invention, the said out 5 is first inserted intp the box 2 from either open side, the bolt 6 is tlien inserted into the sleeve 1 and screwed through the'nut and back portion of the sleeve, and the edges of the thin metal forming the box are then crushed down over the nut, as indicated at 7, so as to securely hold the nut in place. The entire device with the-nut in it is then inserted in place, being embedded in the desired part, with the end of thesleeve which is towards the head of the bolt, tlush with the Surface of the part in which the device is secured.

If desired, as illustrated in Fig. (i. the device maybe constructed of a sleeve 1 and box 2", of which the former is devoid of the wings-l, the sleeve being entirely round, or, ii desired, as illustrated in Fig. 4, the device may comprise a sleeve 1 and a box 2* of which the former is formed by rolling a strip of metal upon itself, one end being slit to form tongues 8 adapted to be bent over the sides of the nut as clearly illustrated in the drawing, to form the box. It is obvious that the device in some forms may be cast instead of being bent out of sheet metal.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that i have provided a very simple, durable and Oil'iCiGl'lll construction of device for holding a nut embedded in a position to always receive the l)olt,-t\s the nut is held square and in line with the sleeve or barreL, This device, for instance, will be found useful in concrete work where it is desired to bolt timbers to a concrete wall, at'ter the wall has been finished. In such event, after the nut has been secured in .the hox,'.the sleeve is placed in the 'iinishod concrete w th the end towards the head ol the bolt flush with the surface of the wall. The device will also be found useful in connection with knock-down furniture or implements which employ an embedded nut, in fact under every condition in which it is essential that an embedded nut be held rigidly in a position to always receive a bolt.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: I

1. A device for ,holdiiig an embedded nut, comprisin an integral structureembodying a box, and a sleeve forming a born and communicating with said box, in combination with the nut. in said box, the box engaging the faces and sides of the nut and holdlm, the same from either rotary or longitudinal movement while the bolt is applied thereto. 2. A device for holding, an embedded nut, consisting of a strip of vsheet metal bent at its middle to form a nut receiving; box, the ends of said strip extending parallel and tormcd with longitudinal ridges, and wings on both sides of said ridges, the said ends together forming a sleeve in connuunicutiou with the box.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence oi two ultncsscs.

CHARLES E. LANCASTER. in. s.)

Witnesses:

it. C. AMES, H. H. Goonwm. 

